Genus Cryptothelea

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Black Moth - Hodges #441 - Cryptothelea nigrita - male

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Tineoidea

Family Psychidae (Bagworm Moths)

Subfamily Psychinae

Genus Cryptothelea

Numbers

2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico By Hodges, R. W. et al. (editors). 1983.

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 20 May, 2006 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 9 August, 2009 - 10:35am

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